18/12/2025
We think we have time⦠like⦠heaps of it.
Enough to get to it later, enough to do it properly one dayā¦.
But deep down we know the truth and it hurts. You blink⦠and itās gone. That season is finished. You donāt get to rewind, you just keep moving forward and pretending youāre ok with it.
And then you blink again⦠and again.. and suddenly youāre standing in a completely different chapter wondering how you got here so fast.
As a mum of five, Iāve always been the one taking the photos, always behind the camera. Even as a photographer, being in front of it has never felt natural for me. I tell myself stories instead and Iām sure you do too.
It sounds something like: āItās fineā, āIāll set up a tripod one day.ā āThat blurry, badly angled photo my husband took will probably be enough to look back on.ā
But if Iām honest, I know thatās not fair. Not to me. Not to them and that includes you.
I do the thing we all do. I look at the money and think⦠we should probably save that. Or buy another plush teddy bear. Even though, between five children, we already own at least fifty and I still trip over them daily. Silly, really.
This photo is of me and my Valentineās Day baby of 2016, just 72 hours after she was born. My husband did the classic āI donāt know how to use your cameraā routine, and I remember saying, probably a bit sharply, āJust point it and press the button. Please.ā Because I couldnāt bear the thought of missing it again. Another gap. Another season undocumented. We truthfully didnāt have enough money to hire a photographer and back then⦠photographers were not offering payment plans.
It took me four children to realise how silly Iād been not seeing the investment for future me. Also, my style isnāt exactly for everyone. I am a story teller. I will take the pretty photos but I want to capture the real moment for you.
So this is your quiet little invitation, mothers of Brisbane. If you want a friend to gently pop in and capture a tiny blip of this life youāre living, before it slips past you too⦠it would truly be my honour.
P.s if you made it all the way to the end of this post⦠perhaps this is your sign xo comment BLIP & Iāll send you the info! Xo